每週俚語小故事
每週俚語後面的小故事~
小編也不知道原來 "Lost their bottle" 後面的故事是這樣呢... 小編想聽聽後面的故事，應該會加深同學們對俚語用法的記憶。希望同學可以好好利用這些故事加強英文囉~
A phrase ascribed to someone judged to have lost their nerve and their bravery. This phrase originates from the world of bare-knuckle prize-fighting during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each fighter required a ‘bottle man’ in his corner to supply water between rounds, without which the fighter couldn’t continue. Sometimes a bottle man would be asked to disappear when a fighter was taking a beating, to give him an excuse to quit the fight. The phrase ‘lost his bottleman’ was later shortened and is now widely used to describe cowardly behaviour.
